About Rudolf Bayer
Born 1939. Rudolf Bayer is a German computer scientist, engineer and university teacher, known for B-tree, Red–black tree and UB-tree.
Rudolf Bayer (born 3 March 1939) is a German computer scientist.
He is a professor emeritus of Informatics at the Technical University of Munich where he has been employed since 1972. He is noted for inventing three data sorting structures: the B-tree (with Edward M. McCreight), the UB-tree (with Volker Markl) and the Red–black tree.
Bayer is a recipient of 2001 ACM SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award. In 2005 he was elected as a fellow of the Gesellschaft für Informatik.
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Who is Rudolf Bayer?
German computer scientist
When was Rudolf Bayer born?
Rudolf Bayer was born on 7 May 1939 in Wasserlosen.
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Rudolf Bayer is a computer scientist, engineer and university teacher.
What is Rudolf Bayer known for?
Rudolf Bayer is known for B-tree, Red–black tree and UB-tree.
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Rudolf Bayer is German.
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